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I got my 160gb ipod in 2007 and man I would just hate not having it. It's got my entire music library. When I discovered torrenting and started downloading entire discographies, it kept chugging along. Ive got over 21k songs on it and hours of movies and shows and I still have about 20gb available. Maybe the price will drop and I can get myself a backup for when this one eventually kicks the bucket.

I've got a collection that can't fit on any phone, and only on the largest classic, but I still don't like them because having all my music is paralysing - I forget the new records I get, and can't comprehend what is in there.

Yeah, I've got a couple of playlists I stick to, although it's fun to just shuffle all and see what happens. It can go from Gershwin to Carlin to Dr. Dre to The Offpsring to Bob Marley and on and on. I'm just glad the classic looks obsolete enough that I don't think it interests thieves, it would be such a hassle to set a new one up.

This is really what I am hoping for. It may fill a niche market but it is the only player in that niche market. Trying to find large capacity mp3 players other than the Classic is near impossible. There are a couple but reviews are generally poor and prices high. If they do discontinue it, I am probably just going to buy one so I will have it for backup when my 80 gig dies.

I curate my music library to insane amounts of finickiest composition. With lots of smart playlist based on ratings, longevity, number of plays, mood, situational playlists, other smart playlists, etc. Thus I'm bound to itunes for better of worse. Moving my library would be a real pain (Any suggestions are welcome, though).

And I care for all of my collection. I'm a music junkie. I need GBs and GBs to take it all on the road with me. The iPod Classic is my preferred device because of it. It's cheap, big and effective. I don't like streaming because I basically curate my own Radio Stations selectively. Their random radio-like quality comes from the huge amount songs in each playlist coupled with nostalgia from "classics" and newer additions I'm always on the look out for.

Foobar2k is my favorite option if you are on windows. It will do smart playlists and all the like which you are looking for. It also syncs with iPods which is a major plus. I honestly think it handles iPod syncing better than iTunes but that is personal preference.

Some issues you will find are that iTunes doesn't always tag music correctly, so if you open the file in any other program the tagging will be messed up. It does have some nice mass tagging, file renaming, and file moving components though which make it very easy to organize your library.

It does have kind of a steep learning curve though. Thankfully there is a ton of documentation for it explaining what each of the components do. If you are willing to put in a day or two to learn it then the payoffs are quite good. I stopped using iTunes a couple years ago and never looked back.

Personally (and although the article is speculation) I find this is an entirely sensible decision, no need to hate on apple for no reason.

As long as you have the nano, you still have a small device to carry a good ammount of music around. The market for an iPod is just going to die of at a constant pace, how many people still don't own a smartphone? How many will that be next year?

Why would someone really need an iPod with the release of a cheaper iPhone? That iPod classsic is still what...200$?

Only problem I see is iTune library synching, they still sell devices that can synch with it so, don't really know what the fuss is about.

I don't see them phasing the iPod out until their phones/touches have 128 gigs of storage. Unfortunately, streaming services are just not an option for a lot of places with high data costs. They may release phones with 128 storage this year, unfortunately they are not going to be cheap due to how apples does their pricing.

I understand people owning one, might not want to change over with that huge library. But I don't see people buying it for that reason alone, what's 128gigs of storage necessary for? A long vacation? 16GB will get you about 11 days of continuous mp3 playback.

In other words, they're going to replace a workable piece of technology that's actually affordable with a $500 object that must always be subscribed somewhere, with a monthly fee and a cellular connection.

The Mac Pro is now a trash can, but wait, it harness the power of the cloud!!!1 Yes get rid of this old looking design, no one need a scroll wheel when you have the almighty iPhone, muh gawd people move forward with technology and embrace the cloud.